A Fighting Chance
A Fighting Chance
Provide field for indigent defendants in the criminal justice system.
Administrative & support services | Capacity Building |
Overview
A Fighting Chance s mission is to provide prompt and thorough investigation and mitigation development services to indigents facing the death penalty to expand access to qualified investigators and mitigation specialists through aggressive funding litigation and to improve standards for investigation through recruiting training and supervising investigators and mitigation specialists. Fighting Chance investigators work alongside the attorneys as members of the defense team interviewing witnesses procuring relevant documents reviewing and analyzing evidence and developing working relationships with clients and their families. In 2008 the organization re incorporated into a for profit organization and changed its name to NOLA Investigates. NOLA Investigates is still thriving and continues to raise the standards of capital defense investigation and mitigation development throughout the Deep South and beyond. The organization's investigators have expanded their expertise into areas of forensic science investigations civil rights cases and background investigations.
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